Oregon Legislative Assembly

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The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. The Legislative Assembly is split into a Senate, whose 30 members are elected to serve four-year terms, and the House of Representatives, which has 60 members elected for two-year terms.

The legislatures is a citizen's assembly that convenes every two years in regular session on the second Monday in January during odd-numbered years. The Oregon Constitution does not limit the length of regular sessions; the first 35 regular sessions (i.e. until 1929) lasted 50 days or less. Since 1949 no session has been shorter than 100 days, with a record length of 227 days for the 72nd regular session which ended on August 27, 2003. Most recent sessions end in June or July.

The governor can call the assembly into special sessions as required. In 1982 a special session lasted 37 days, and the governor called the assembly into special session five times in 2002, for a total of 52 days.

During the interim, legislators serve on interim committees and task forces that study issues likely to be faced during the next regular session.